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. >> there's a tendency, though, to look at defense and national security as marle the pentagon what. do we need to do from the whole of government standpoint? some of the other departments are being hit harder. state department, for example. >> this is admittedly a weakness of the report. our mandate was to only look at the defense budget. we should be looking at the whole international affairs budget because we have to take a whole of government approach to solving these international problems. the military is not particularly good at some things, where diplomacy or development aid would be much more help. so i would like to see an integrated budget. that's not going to happen. the congress won't allow to the happen. but at least in our thinking, in the administration's thinking, they could pool resources and look at trade- offs between defense and state. >> barry, thanks very much. at least that's a hope for to 13. >> i hope. so thank you very much. >> coming up, how the pentagon and intelligence agencies are exploiting social media. you're watching "this week in defense news." >>>
. >> there's a tendency, though, to look at defense and national security as marle the pentagon what. do we need to do from the whole of government standpoint? some of the other departments are being hit harder. state department, for example. >> this is admittedly a weakness of the report. our mandate was to only look at the defense budget. we should be looking at the whole international affairs budget because we have to take a whole of government approach to solving these...
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on the war but doing so as we do in washington from the comfort of the north lawn reporting on the pentagon and the white house and the troops upsurge numbers and how this became a project that's really became attached to. lou: you focus on this particular battle, you talk with nearly 225 individuals. how long did that take? >> they range from generals, private, widows, couple insurgents, one of whom i interviewed by skype. it was a big project that every time i thought i wasev done, tak to smitty, i mean ultimately i just had to stop because there was never going to be a time where i had talked to everybody. lou: you are pursuing one of the toughest explanations, that is how those men can be caught ate that outpost and be the target to be outnumbered so outrageously and incapable of being protected. this is how it started. how is in hospi in the hospitaly newborn son, jack. he was a day-old, out of the corner of my eye i saw the story about the outpost and never heard of combat outpost. coverage along the lines of what would anybody put outpost there? it became a mystery that i needed to s
on the war but doing so as we do in washington from the comfort of the north lawn reporting on the pentagon and the white house and the troops upsurge numbers and how this became a project that's really became attached to. lou: you focus on this particular battle, you talk with nearly 225 individuals. how long did that take? >> they range from generals, private, widows, couple insurgents, one of whom i interviewed by skype. it was a big project that every time i thought i wasev done, tak...
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we had was within the pentagon. you would think that if you're sending more troops to afghanistan, those troops would go to places that were most critical, the places that the taliban were seeking to take over, the places that were most at risk, potentially a takeover of the country. instead, we wound up sending the first wave of new forces took part of the country with relatively few people. and i discovered the answer was simply tribal rivalries. not in afghanistan but in the pentagon. it turned out that the first wave of troops were u.s. marines. they wanted to bring their own helicopters, the own logistics. so they did was to work with u.s. army soldiers in the areas in and around the city of kandahar. it was this tale of our own services fighting with each other instead of fighting in common purpose against the enemy. and the stories go on. there was into fighting then the state department, within the u.s. agency for international development. and one other tale, i recount in some detail in the book, we had som
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the same, i think, except for those with need-to-know in the pentagon and cia and certainly the white house. so i just felt a personal responsibility to keep it close, but that meant that i was basically, you know, having to consult with myself, to be honest. >> keeping this secret also meant going on about the business of presidency, touring that awful storm damage in alabama while knowing at athat very moment u.s. navy s.e.a.l.s were already the on the move halfway around the world. you had to go to tuscaloosa? >> yes. >> you had to go have fun at the correspondents dinner? >> yes. >> seth meyers makes a joke about osama bin laden. >> did you know that every day from 4:00 to 5:00 he hosts a show on c-span? >> how do you keep an even keel, even when we look back on the videotape of that night, there's no real depiction there's something afoot? >> you know, when i go down to tuscaloosa, i'm very much present there, because the tragedy and the devastation that had happened to the folks there, i think, consumed all my attention. so that wasn't difficult to focus on. the correspondents d
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and you know, i have made a study of different coverups, the pentagon papers, watergate and iran contra. i have never seen anything -- this is probably the greatest coverup in my memory anyway. >> judge jeanine: senator inhofe, hopefully we will get more specific answers and we thank you so much for being with us this evening. >> thank you, judge. go get them. >> judge jeanine: they call it the accountability review board. exactly who is accountable? with me is former federal judge and united states attorney general for whom i always had a great deal of respect, michael mukasey. according to the report, no one breached their duty. no one is responsible. no identification of any one responsible for a failure. the only person identified as making any decision is the ambassador. what does that tell you? >> tells me that somebody deeply doesn't want to discuss who is responsible. what the report says in essence is mistakes were made but nobody who is still alive made them and that doesn't sound like a reasonable conclusion to me. >> judge jeanine: one of the things i was taken by was the wo
and you know, i have made a study of different coverups, the pentagon papers, watergate and iran contra. i have never seen anything -- this is probably the greatest coverup in my memory anyway. >> judge jeanine: senator inhofe, hopefully we will get more specific answers and we thank you so much for being with us this evening. >> thank you, judge. go get them. >> judge jeanine: they call it the accountability review board. exactly who is accountable? with me is former federal...
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largely targeted at the pentagon. and what is interesting is all of this deal making we are talking about on capitol hill would really just focus on unemployment benefits and tax side of the cliff as i mentioned and most of deals it appears would not shut off the so called sequester that would hit the pentagon. on "fox news sunday" senator lindsey graham told chris wallace he got a call from the defense secretary suggesting these cuts are coming. lake a listen. >> i was called by leon panetta at 7:30 during dinner. >> secretary of defense. >> this is the failure of the supercommittee to find $1.2 trillion in cuts. half of the 1.2 falls on defense who already cut. he says if we do this we will shoot the defense department in the head and send out 800,000 layoff notices the beginning of the year. he is worried to death if we don't fix sequestration we will destroy the biggest military in the world at the time we need it most. >> impact potentially on the national defense. also on the markets. the president noting in the
largely targeted at the pentagon. and what is interesting is all of this deal making we are talking about on capitol hill would really just focus on unemployment benefits and tax side of the cliff as i mentioned and most of deals it appears would not shut off the so called sequester that would hit the pentagon. on "fox news sunday" senator lindsey graham told chris wallace he got a call from the defense secretary suggesting these cuts are coming. lake a listen. >> i was called...
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will it be chuck hagel at the pentagon? that opens up all sorts of possibilities back in massachusetts. i want to talk about chuck hegel. this man came back from vietnam with two purple hearts. there is talk about him going to the pentagon but there are some republicans are not very happy with him. why? >> chuckagel was n to go to vietnam. he had orders to go to germany. he was at fort dix. he said i want to go to vietnam. in may and talk to the chaplain and psychologist, and after two weeks, he went to vietnam. he fought for his country, unlike his critics. he has bled for his country, unlike his critics. he understand war, unlike his critics. he did not have other priorities, like richard cheney, and never said it was going to be a cakewalk. he is prepared, ready, and bill cohen put it best. he has fought and bled for this country. he knows the subject matter. ask jim jones and other national security advisers. >> iraq and iran, that is what upsets people about shock hegel and some of the things he had to say about them.
will it be chuck hagel at the pentagon? that opens up all sorts of possibilities back in massachusetts. i want to talk about chuck hegel. this man came back from vietnam with two purple hearts. there is talk about him going to the pentagon but there are some republicans are not very happy with him. why? >> chuckagel was n to go to vietnam. he had orders to go to germany. he was at fort dix. he said i want to go to vietnam. in may and talk to the chaplain and psychologist, and after two...
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will it be chuck hagel at the pentagon? which opens up all kinds of possibilities politically echo minister of massachusetts. i want to talk about chuck hagel. this is a man that came back from the number two purple hearts. talk about him going to the pentagon but there are some republicans who are not happy with his former republican senator from nebraska. why? >> chuck hagel was not to go to vietnam. he had orders to go to germany. he was at fort dix, new jersey and said i wanted to go to vietnam. in may and talk to the chaplain and psychologist and after two weeks, went to vietnam. he has fought for his country, unlike his critics. he has but pours countries, unlike his critics. he understands war, unlike his critics. he does not have other priorities, as richard cheney did at the same time in vietnam. he never said it was going to be a cakewalk. he is prepared, ready, and bill, and put it best. he has fought for his country and but for his country. he knows the subject matter. ask jim jones and other national security a
will it be chuck hagel at the pentagon? which opens up all kinds of possibilities politically echo minister of massachusetts. i want to talk about chuck hagel. this is a man that came back from the number two purple hearts. talk about him going to the pentagon but there are some republicans who are not happy with his former republican senator from nebraska. why? >> chuck hagel was not to go to vietnam. he had orders to go to germany. he was at fort dix, new jersey and said i wanted to go...
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need to speak out was because this was billed as the big movie that the cia cooperated with and the pentagon. opens with recordings of people dying in the world trade center and saying it's based on actual accounts and saying it has that and then make the case we needed torture to keep us safe, that torture got us bin laden, you could see why that's department lie disturbing if as people who have seen the intelligence say it's not true. >> when we talk about senator mccain and all of us in the country know, of course, he is a war veteran and he was also a prisoner of war, and suffered through torture, during his time in the vietnam war, he said he felt sick watching the tortured men in the movie give up information about bin laden's courier. again, the movie claims this is based on firsthand accounts. so is the fact they took creative license the biggest point of contention? because they had facts but then now they have extrapolated dramatic essence from that to make the movie seem a little -- >> look. everybody expects them to take a dramatic license. the agents talk about dating and obviou
need to speak out was because this was billed as the big movie that the cia cooperated with and the pentagon. opens with recordings of people dying in the world trade center and saying it's based on actual accounts and saying it has that and then make the case we needed torture to keep us safe, that torture got us bin laden, you could see why that's department lie disturbing if as people who have seen the intelligence say it's not true. >> when we talk about senator mccain and all of us...
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number three at the pentagon before she left many months ago. the white house may want to go with michelle flornoy by trying to nominate the first female secretary of defense. dana. >> that would be something, that's for sure. barbara, thank you very much. >>> ahead on "starting point" prince harry's turning point in afghanistan. new details of his latest missions unlike any he's been on before. >>> and from actor to senator? ben affleck may be considering a run for office. but she loved it so much... i told her it was homemade. everyone tells a little white lie now and then. but now she wants my recipe [ clears his throat ] [ softly ] she's right behind me isn't she? [ male announcer ] progresso. you gotta taste this soup. anyone have occasional constipation, diarrhea, gas, bloating? yeah. one phillips' colon health probiotic cap each day helps defend against these digestive issues with three strains of good bacteria. approved! [ female announcer ] live the regular life. phillips'. >>> welcome back to "starting point." some top stories. investo
number three at the pentagon before she left many months ago. the white house may want to go with michelle flornoy by trying to nominate the first female secretary of defense. dana. >> that would be something, that's for sure. barbara, thank you very much. >>> ahead on "starting point" prince harry's turning point in afghanistan. new details of his latest missions unlike any he's been on before. >>> and from actor to senator? ben affleck may be considering a...
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he does not have the experience to manage a very large organization like the pentagon. and we've actually had-- i think leon pa98 has done a wonderful job. i supported his nomination. he did have a lot of experience prior to coming here. and if there's a place we need great management, it's the pentagon, and a great manager. >> o'donnell: senators coburn and durbin, good luck today. >> thank you. >> o'donnell: a busy day this sunday. >> we actually had breakfast together. >> o'donnell: i think the american people wish you luck, too, with your gang of eight. we'll be right back. for an idea. a grand idea called america. the idea that if you work hard, if you have a dream, if you work with your neighbors... you can do most anything. this led to other ideas like liberty and rock 'n' roll. to free markets, free enterprise, and free refills. it put a man on the moon and a phone in your pocket. our country's gone through a lot over the centuries and a half. but this idea isn't fragile. when times get tough, it rallies us as one. every day, more people believe in the american
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he started his career at livermore lab in california and eventually moving to the pentagon where he became the director of defense research and engineering then air force secretary and eventually defense secretary. his ability to handle a staggering workload are legend including read and annotating 400 page briefing books overnight. during the career brown shaped fighters like the f-15 and f-16 that remain the air force's backbone fleet today. and championed jointness among the military serv before the failed iran hostage rescue mission convinced others to follow. now 85, brown continues to serve on the defense policy board and is a trustee of the center for strategic and international studies. with joyce winds low, brown recently co-authored "star- spangled security" applying lessons safeguarding america. i asked him whether jointness was too far as some critics argue. >> not every operation requires jointness. i'm sure there are some that can be best handled by a single service. and by an element rather far down in the table of organization of that service. nevertheless, i believe that t
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thanks for staying with us here on r t seventeen minutes past the hour now the pentagon's proposed supplying high altitude spy drones to south korea the deal for up to four pilots craft still needs approval from congress but could be worth as much as one point two billion dollars analysts nial bowie thinks the sale could antagonize north korea which is very sensitive to penitential incursions over its airspace. if congress allows these drones to be sold to south korea what i think will happen is that they will use these drones to monitor of the demilitarized zone so the south korean border they could also potentially be used to monitor north koreans were korea's nuclear facilities but we have to remember that north korea is one of many times but its territorial integrity so i think will happen is if south korean drones for example penetrate in the very air space this could potentially start a huge conflict and if you look at the results of that latest offering elections the president will work in hey she campaigned on the model of. reaching. into the relations with north korea going will get
thanks for staying with us here on r t seventeen minutes past the hour now the pentagon's proposed supplying high altitude spy drones to south korea the deal for up to four pilots craft still needs approval from congress but could be worth as much as one point two billion dollars analysts nial bowie thinks the sale could antagonize north korea which is very sensitive to penitential incursions over its airspace. if congress allows these drones to be sold to south korea what i think will happen...
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. >> in other news the pentagon says joe w. price, leader of s.e.a.l. team 4 was found dead yesterday. the initial conclusion is he committed suicide. the navy is investigating now. >>> hours ago in hawaii senator daniel inouye was laid to rest. he represented hawaii in washington for five decades since hawaii became a state in 1959. the 88-year-old senator was a war hero. he lost his arm. president obama attended the funeral. the president said he was his political inspiration. those are your headlines. i'm don lemon. now back to the fareed zakaria special "tough decisions." >>> it was one of the most important diplomatic missions in history. also one of the most clandestine and risky. four decades ago, henry kissinger, then president nixon's national security advise secretly flew to china, beginning a string of meetings that would eventually open that isolated eastern nation to the western world. that opening checked soviet expansionism and in a sense was the beginning of the end of the cold war. >> this was the week that changed the world. >> it was
. >> in other news the pentagon says joe w. price, leader of s.e.a.l. team 4 was found dead yesterday. the initial conclusion is he committed suicide. the navy is investigating now. >>> hours ago in hawaii senator daniel inouye was laid to rest. he represented hawaii in washington for five decades since hawaii became a state in 1959. the 88-year-old senator was a war hero. he lost his arm. president obama attended the funeral. the president said he was his political inspiration....
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the pentagon has informed the u.s. congress of its plans to sell for high altitude spy drones to south korea the deal is estimated to be worth some one point two billion dollars and would also include training and logistical support congress have the right to blow the sale but reports suggest lawmakers will allow it to go through the u.s. has been widely criticized for causing humorous civilian casualties by its use of unmanned drones and its military operations. and a bit to curb street on its mexico city is offering cash toys and electronic gadgets in exchange for illegally obtained. pistols have been handed over by residents so far the amnesty was launched a month after a ten year old boy was killed by a stray bullet at movie theater. that's twenty twelve comes to an end he takes a look at the events that have been dominating the headlines for the past twelve months and today we're bringing you this story of the a massive protests that have been shaking europe all year from the point of view of our news too. it came
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. >> we'll bring in barbara starr at the pentagon. barbara, there's outrage from a lot of folks about this. the nra came out pretty strong about arming the schools. is there any kind of middle ground here from those who say, look, we want to stop gun violence, but there has to be a better way to protect the children? >> the nra didn't double down on what it wants, which is a focus on armed security personnel in schools. what other people say, suzanne, is, look, that's not a new idea. school districts have grappled with security for years, and some have gone this way. even in the 1999 terrible massacre at columbine high school in colorado, there was an armed security person on the school grounds at that time. it helped a little bit, but obviously, not able to stop what happened there. the people who want to see another way to go, many in congress are talking about a package of solutions. some new measures on gun control. some new measures on high-powered magazines. taking another look the at school safety. taking a look at how this cou
. >> we'll bring in barbara starr at the pentagon. barbara, there's outrage from a lot of folks about this. the nra came out pretty strong about arming the schools. is there any kind of middle ground here from those who say, look, we want to stop gun violence, but there has to be a better way to protect the children? >> the nra didn't double down on what it wants, which is a focus on armed security personnel in schools. what other people say, suzanne, is, look, that's not a new...
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it is a manufacturing existing since 1887, and they make fire suits, and after 9/11 when the pentagon was attacked and they needed fire companies to put out that fire, they had different companies come from the virginia area and the dc area, and they noticed that only the companies that were wearing the fire suits were able to work through the night and deal with the pathogens and extremities that were in the pentagon building. one of the people, the commander in the pentagon, called up rob freeze, who was the owner of globe fire suits said we need 300 fire suits here tomorrow. rob said, what's the sizes? i don't know, figure out how to get them here. rob freeze, the small company in new hampshire of about 300 people assembled fire suits, and rob was the only one allowed to take a mercy flight after 9/11, the only one allowed in the air space, delivered the fire suits, and the firefighters used them to put out the fire in the pentagon. it's a story about patriotism, but it's more than that. i wanted to know, well, what is it that allowed globe fire suits to still have comparative adva
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the pentagon has informed the u.s. congress of its plans to sell for high altitude spy drones to south korea the deal is estimated to be worth some one point two billion dollars and would also include training and logistical support congress have the right to block the sale but reports address lawmakers were allowed to go through washington is going to sit at south korea's top ally recent agreement between the two sides allows seoul to nearly crippled the range of its ballistic missiles making them capable of reaching all parts of north korea. a mother has driven his car into a group of schoolchildren in a northern chinese province injuring thirteen reports say the driver attempted to cause an explosion by putting firecrackers and a gas tank in the trunk of his car there's been a number of attacks on schools and listen cheers in china the late has just two weeks ago left over a dozen children injured in a knife attack. in a bid to curb street violence mexico city is offering cash toys and electronic gadgets in exchange
the pentagon has informed the u.s. congress of its plans to sell for high altitude spy drones to south korea the deal is estimated to be worth some one point two billion dollars and would also include training and logistical support congress have the right to block the sale but reports address lawmakers were allowed to go through washington is going to sit at south korea's top ally recent agreement between the two sides allows seoul to nearly crippled the range of its ballistic missiles making...
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the pentagon wants to sell a number of on that aircraft just so we have more on international reaction on that plus. more people used to live in the slums now the economically disadvantaged occupies substandard housing in the inner cities winding voters with semantics later this hour we'll look at how politicians use language to mass but they are really up to that's after the break. wealthy british style moves on it's time to run the. markets why not. come to. find out what's really happening to the global economy with mike's concert for a no holds barred look at the global financial headlines tune into kinds a report on our. choose your language. of choice we can we know if you're going to kill someone. with the consensus you. choose the opinions that you think are great to. choose the stories that impact your life choose your access to. the news today violence is once again flared up. these are the images the world has been seeing from the streets of canada. operations rule the day. thanks for staying with us here on our t. seventeen minutes past the hour now the pentagon is propose
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welcome back well the pentagon is planning to sell high altitude spy drones to south korea the deal to provide for a global hawk pilotless aircraft still needs approval from congress and could be worth as much as one point two billion dollars well let's cross now to political analyst. star thanks so much for taking the time to speak with us now south korea's been trying to get its hands on these for quite some time in your view how far is the country going to go in actually deploying them and using them. ok bill if congress allows these drones to be sold to south korea what i think will happen is that they will use these drones to monitor the demilitarized zone so the south korean border they could all sit with attention would be used to monitor north koreans and your korea's nuclear facilities but we have to remember that north korea is one of many times but its territorial integrity so i think will happen is if south korean drones for example penetrate through airspace this could potentially start a huge conflict and if we look at the results of the latest offering elections the pres
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he came back from vietnam wh two purple hearts, talk about him going to the pentagon. there are some republicans who were not t very happy with hiss formerer republican senator. why? >> chuckck hagel had orders to go to germany. he was at fort d, new jersey and said i wanted to go to vietnam. they made him talk to the chaplain and pchologist. after two weeks, he went to vietnam. he has fought for his countntry unlike his critics. he has bled for his country unlike his critics. hehe understands war, unlike hisis critics. he does not have other incentives like dick cheney. he is prepared and r ready. bill cohen said it best. he has fought and bled for thisis country. he knows the subject matter. ask jim jones and other national securitydvisers. >> iraq and iran, that is what upsets people about huck hagel. >> he supported the war in iraq, voted in favor, and supported the war in afghanistan. it is an odd de that supported the two were that all the critics are now crying. he also, when it camtime to dean what was a losing war in iraq with the surge, he not only opopposed
he came back from vietnam wh two purple hearts, talk about him going to the pentagon. there are some republicans who were not t very happy with hiss formerer republican senator. why? >> chuckck hagel had orders to go to germany. he was at fort d, new jersey and said i wanted to go to vietnam. they made him talk to the chaplain and pchologist. after two weeks, he went to vietnam. he has fought for his countntry unlike his critics. he has bled for his country unlike his critics. hehe...
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here's our pentagon correspondent barbara starr with what few details we have so far. barbara? >> don, very sad news this holiday weekend for u.s. navy s.e.a.l.s. the navy is investigating the death in afghanistan of one of its most senior deployed s.e.a.l. officers as an apparent suicide, a u.s. military official tells cnn. navy commander joe w. price, 42 years old, died december 22nd, while serving as the commanding officer of s.e.a.l. team 4, a group of more than two dozen commandos conducting combat operations in the southern region of the country. while the death remains under formal investigation, that u.s. military official who's directly familiar with the event said the family has been notified of the death, and has also been notified it is being investigated as an apparent suicide. there is no indication at this time that commander price was involved in any military-related investigations or any controversies the officials said. all indications are, when he did not appear at an expected time, other military personnel went to look for him and discovered his body with an
here's our pentagon correspondent barbara starr with what few details we have so far. barbara? >> don, very sad news this holiday weekend for u.s. navy s.e.a.l.s. the navy is investigating the death in afghanistan of one of its most senior deployed s.e.a.l. officers as an apparent suicide, a u.s. military official tells cnn. navy commander joe w. price, 42 years old, died december 22nd, while serving as the commanding officer of s.e.a.l. team 4, a group of more than two dozen commandos...
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the pentagon is planning to sell high altitude spy drones to south korea the deal what provides for a global hawk pilotless aircraft but it still needs approval from the u.s. congress and it could be worth as much as one point two billion dollars political analyst while bowie's says that the punting deal could lead to a huge conflict with neighboring north korea was adamant about protecting its territory but if congress allows these drones to be sold to south korea what i think will happen is that they will use these drones to monitor the demilitarized zone so the south korean border they could all sit with attention would be used to monitor north koreans your prey's new difficile of these but we have to remember that north korea is one of many times but its territorial integrity so i think will happen is if south korean drones for example penetrate north korean air space this could potentially start a huge conflict and if you look at the results of the latest offering elections the president will work in hey she can model both. into the relationship with north korea and then we'll ge
the pentagon is planning to sell high altitude spy drones to south korea the deal what provides for a global hawk pilotless aircraft but it still needs approval from the u.s. congress and it could be worth as much as one point two billion dollars political analyst while bowie's says that the punting deal could lead to a huge conflict with neighboring north korea was adamant about protecting its territory but if congress allows these drones to be sold to south korea what i think will happen is...
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we are overlooked -- overlooking the pentagon and reagan national airport in the distance. we will have sunshine to start the day but the clouds will increase for the morning. you can see the clouds here especially in parts of the shenandoah valley, pushing off to the northeast and already some areas of rain stretching into southwest virginia and that will continue to push our way. it is associated with a weak low pressure disturbance that will affect us today. i think it will be just enough to give us a brief wintry mix around lunchtime and a cold rain into the afternoon. it is 27 degrees in winchester and 25 in frederick but 33 of reagan national. we are on our way to 42 degrees for the high and that light wintry mix around lunchtime but no snowfall accumulation and a cold rain into the afternoon. a provide christmas -- partly cloudy and in the mid and upper 40's. by wednesday the system will intensify and that should give us some heavy rainfall. next saturday, there is a chance of a little bit of a snow. >> we will take a look at the beltway near university boulevard whe
we are overlooked -- overlooking the pentagon and reagan national airport in the distance. we will have sunshine to start the day but the clouds will increase for the morning. you can see the clouds here especially in parts of the shenandoah valley, pushing off to the northeast and already some areas of rain stretching into southwest virginia and that will continue to push our way. it is associated with a weak low pressure disturbance that will affect us today. i think it will be just enough to...
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just we have the united states we have another country living side by side with it it's called the pentagon and there's just no controlling it it's gone out of hand that's forty percent of our budget is goes to intelligence security and military. and there's also wall street which is another beast which has its own ethic so i think we'll see was that three countries living side by side tentacles reaching far cross the all over let's talk about nixon your portrayal of nixon was that he was a criminal i mean the cia is portrayed as this evil entity almost the supernatural entity or you know one point the movie the director of the cia is even threatening to kill nixon what do you say to people who say that you were too forgiving of bush and your movie w but i don't see that in nixon that the cia director tried to kill dick said we would that we hinted at there was a controversy between helms richard helms and nixon and part of the problems was to cuba papers and what you are it's a dirty story the cia was we nicknamed sometimes capitalisms invisible army goes back to one nine hundred. eighty s
just we have the united states we have another country living side by side with it it's called the pentagon and there's just no controlling it it's gone out of hand that's forty percent of our budget is goes to intelligence security and military. and there's also wall street which is another beast which has its own ethic so i think we'll see was that three countries living side by side tentacles reaching far cross the all over let's talk about nixon your portrayal of nixon was that he was a...
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the pentagon's plan to sell high altitude spy drones to south korea the deal to provide for global hawk pilotless aircraft still needs approval from congress and could be worth as much as one point two billion dollars please list niall boeing told us the pending deal could escalate the conflict with neighboring north korea which steadfastly protects its territory. if congress allows these drones to be sold to south korea what i think will happen is that they will use these drones to monitor the demilitarized zone so the south korean border they can also potentially be used to monitor north koreans and north korea's nuclear facilities but we have to remember that north korea is one of many times but its territorial integrity so i think will happen is if south korean drones for example penetrate north korean airspace this could potentially stir a huge conflict and if you look at the results of the latest offering the elections the president will work in hey she can model of. reaching. into the way she is with north korea going will get easier but i think what this shows is that by purchas
the pentagon's plan to sell high altitude spy drones to south korea the deal to provide for global hawk pilotless aircraft still needs approval from congress and could be worth as much as one point two billion dollars please list niall boeing told us the pending deal could escalate the conflict with neighboring north korea which steadfastly protects its territory. if congress allows these drones to be sold to south korea what i think will happen is that they will use these drones to monitor the...
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the pentagon just. it almost seems like you know the cia policy isn't just branded them so it's now accepted. beautiful judge jury executioner of people without due process it's fascinating i mean we complained during the bush years that bush was actually conducting surveillance without judicial review surveillance obama's killing people targeted assassinations without judicial review that is obviously much more serious slowly. and to the history you cover pearl harbor which of course led to the internment of japanese american citizens i don't think a lot of people really acknowledge that once again under reported aspect of really what that meant when you look at the surveillance grid in america today it almost seems like it is an open air internment camp where they don't need to in turn people anymore because we have this great set up in place of your guys that the u.s. government now intercepts more than one point seven billion messages a day from american citizens one point seven billion. that's tele
the pentagon just. it almost seems like you know the cia policy isn't just branded them so it's now accepted. beautiful judge jury executioner of people without due process it's fascinating i mean we complained during the bush years that bush was actually conducting surveillance without judicial review surveillance obama's killing people targeted assassinations without judicial review that is obviously much more serious slowly. and to the history you cover pearl harbor which of course led to...
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the current plan, alas numbers isooctane and from the wall street journal, or the pentagon indicated they wanted to maintain 6000 to 15th thousand u.s. troops following 2014. that is the issue under discussion now. there's approximately around 340 0,000 afghan security forces in place, including the police. the pentagon recently indicated i don't believe there was a major unit capable of operating independently from nato support. there was some manipulation of the metrics they were using where the things appear to be making more progress than perhaps they were. that came out in a white paper. what will be the long term success or failure of the afghan national security forces is yet to be determined. they need about $4.1 billion a year to continue at that level, which is more than the entire government revenues in afghanistan. so it's gone to take a long-term commitment of foreign powers to maintain that size of armed forces. the afghans have proven that they are excellent fighters. the question is will they be excellent soldiers for the government of afghanistan? host: one other que
the current plan, alas numbers isooctane and from the wall street journal, or the pentagon indicated they wanted to maintain 6000 to 15th thousand u.s. troops following 2014. that is the issue under discussion now. there's approximately around 340 0,000 afghan security forces in place, including the police. the pentagon recently indicated i don't believe there was a major unit capable of operating independently from nato support. there was some manipulation of the metrics they were using where...
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i was at the pentagon and was there when a colleague of mine got a silver star for his actions in afghanistan. he was clearing a landing zone they called in the medevac he tried to clear the area he steps on one and he lost both legs and a left arm. when i say i am lucky with an average experience he is my reference. he may say he is lucky people put him three tourniquets on him. then we have a memorial in florida where the tax code to school for everyone who died in the line of duty since world war ii. we put more names on the memorial last year since 1945 and 120 since then 11. that number may feel low compared to the thousands we have lost that is 120 brothers and sons and we are a small community. that is the grief you process and your own fear of death and i don't have a good answer to figure that out but i am not sure i did but i tried to weave so as to threats that felt like it was happening at the same time so i would like to read from the beginning of the book to give you a sense of how it feels and running helped me spin as a first thing you should know is i'm crazy. i have not alwa
i was at the pentagon and was there when a colleague of mine got a silver star for his actions in afghanistan. he was clearing a landing zone they called in the medevac he tried to clear the area he steps on one and he lost both legs and a left arm. when i say i am lucky with an average experience he is my reference. he may say he is lucky people put him three tourniquets on him. then we have a memorial in florida where the tax code to school for everyone who died in the line of duty since...
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government spreads its military wings the pentagon is seeking the support of u.s. lawmakers for a billion dollar spy drone sale just a few minutes find out who isn't the line to benefit from the cutting edge of craft . and also how to make spark at the u.s. presidential debates in a special and feature that's coming up in just a couple of minutes to stay with us. which brightened if you knew movie about song from plans to freshen its. stance on t.v. don't come. on q. thank . you you. thank . if you. are going to take three. three. three. three. three balls video for your media. free media r.t. dot com. this is also a welcome back as a run tries to keep its economy afloat and meds increasing western sanctions the country could be facing another problem this september the year was to get a rain the militant group b. and e. k. also is tara block list and labeled it an opposition exile. because they didn't commit any terror acts for over a decade and want a peaceful regime change in iran also has maria i want to tell ron to learn what people that think of the move. moh
government spreads its military wings the pentagon is seeking the support of u.s. lawmakers for a billion dollar spy drone sale just a few minutes find out who isn't the line to benefit from the cutting edge of craft . and also how to make spark at the u.s. presidential debates in a special and feature that's coming up in just a couple of minutes to stay with us. which brightened if you knew movie about song from plans to freshen its. stance on t.v. don't come. on q. thank . you you. thank . if...
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government spreads its military wings the pentagon is seeking the support of us no make it for a draw on sale just a few minutes find out who's in the line to benefit from the cutting edge craft. of the last presidential debates in a special and to hear feature that's coming up in just a couple of minutes when. it's perched atop a jar and the view from the kremlin stretches as far as the eye can see. for a city to all of siberia for centuries it lost its economic importance even before it was bypassed by the chance i bear in railway but the ball's cremains a spiritual center. seems like these are a yearly occurrence thousands of orthodox worshippers of them selves implicity water to commemorate the baptism of jesus. in the fifteen eighties the russians had only just conquered siberia taking it from the muslims. surrounded by enemies the ball supposed to be their stronghold constructed on top of the city but soon enough it became an economic hub siberian fire was the oil of its time bringing in a third of all russia's state revenue but the balls committed location head of the shoes for
government spreads its military wings the pentagon is seeking the support of us no make it for a draw on sale just a few minutes find out who's in the line to benefit from the cutting edge craft. of the last presidential debates in a special and to hear feature that's coming up in just a couple of minutes when. it's perched atop a jar and the view from the kremlin stretches as far as the eye can see. for a city to all of siberia for centuries it lost its economic importance even before it was...
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so we've got pentagon budget issues coming up. so there's some talk about him wanting to hang on and try to manage the budget issues that are going to hit the pentagon over the next few months. host: we're taking your calls with david jackson, the white house reporter for u.s.a. today. first up is doug from oklahoma on the democratic line. good morning. caller: good morning. i had a question about geithner. hadn't he said something earlier about wanting to leave? guest: that's correct. host: around the inauguration was the quote. host: how would you feel about geithner leaving? do you want him to go as a democrat? caller: that's a good question. no. no. guest: the caller is right. geithner has said publicly he wants to leave around the nomination. but with the uncertainty, i don't think the administration would want him to leave as long as these issues are hanging. so we get a fiscal cliff this deal and i think he's going to be gone by the end of the month but i think it's kind of up t in the air. host: says a contender for his jo
so we've got pentagon budget issues coming up. so there's some talk about him wanting to hang on and try to manage the budget issues that are going to hit the pentagon over the next few months. host: we're taking your calls with david jackson, the white house reporter for u.s.a. today. first up is doug from oklahoma on the democratic line. good morning. caller: good morning. i had a question about geithner. hadn't he said something earlier about wanting to leave? guest: that's correct. host:...
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many communications networks -- when the pentagon was hit and the capital was evacuated, my staff and i walked one block to my home on capitol hill. just as an example the husband of my office manager worked in a section of the pentagon that had been hit. we were on the phone, one phone though we had to hospitals, the police, anyone that we thought might be able to tell us if he was save. thankfully he was fine but there were so many who waited for hours, who called hospitals, to hear from their loved ones. sometimes the news was a relief and sometimes they waited in vain for good news. i have to say that it was an incredible moment when senators who could find each other wherever they had gone from the capital, we finally gathered in the late afternoon in capitol police headquarters to talk to our leaders who had been taken to an undisclosed location. and they said we don't want anyone to come but we are going to the steps of the capital and hold a press conference. we don't want anyone there because we don't know if it is save but we want to tell the press that we're going to be ope
many communications networks -- when the pentagon was hit and the capital was evacuated, my staff and i walked one block to my home on capitol hill. just as an example the husband of my office manager worked in a section of the pentagon that had been hit. we were on the phone, one phone though we had to hospitals, the police, anyone that we thought might be able to tell us if he was save. thankfully he was fine but there were so many who waited for hours, who called hospitals, to hear from...